Update: Less than two hours after this story was initially posted, People magazine broke the news that the Jonas Brothers has canceled its tour, including the Oct. 28 show set for the Riverside Theater, due to a "deep rift within the band."

It's tough growing up. But imagine growing up with social media tracking your every move, with a brand worth millions resting on your shoulders, with the odds of long-term mega-success being slim to none. | Oct. 9, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

Two local artists, Santiago Cucullu and kathryn e. martin, have been selected to create public art for the new East Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library, which is under construction and scheduled to be completed in fall of 2014.

Justin Bieber, pictured here performing at the BMO Harris Bradley Center last October, is releasing a new single every Monday for the next 10 weeks. Journal Sentinel photo by Mike De Sisti.| Oct. 9, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

When the world-renowned Kronos Quartet takes the stage of Brookfield's Wilson Center on Friday evening, the concert will be more than an exploration of exciting new music; it will be a happy homecoming as well.

Violinist John Sherba, who grew up in Whitefish Bay and Shorewood, is delighted by the prospect of playing for an audience that contains family and friends. | Oct. 9, 2013»Read Full Article

In "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and So Forth," John Updike gives us a young high-school English teacher, Mark Prosser, who is insecure enough to calculate almost everything he says in class, looking to strike specific responses in specific students. | Oct. 9, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Only three days left of the Milwaukee Film Festival. On today's festival schedule, two of the more anticipated local films are both being screened at the Oriental Theater.

“Sign Painters,” a documentary film directed by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, tells the story of the willfully independent artists who change the urban landscape with their own hands and who defy the kind of washed-out sameness that has crept into American cities in recent decades. Here are earlier stories, about the film and about the book. "Sign Painters" screens at 3 p.m. and Levine speaks tonight at UWM. | Oct. 9, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

WIth just two days left in the Milwaukee Film Festival. there remain 34 separate screenings, including repeats of previously screened films. Wednesday's highlights include: | Oct. 9, 2013»Read Full Blog Post